The group is composed by 6 PhD (4 permanents and 2 non-permanent) and a variable number of graduate students. The goal of the group is de design of metallic units, catalysts, for the development of hydrogen based technologies - including production and storage- as well as for their application in more efficient processes of organic synthesis.

The Biochemistry and Soil Quality Group (GBCS) was established more than 40 years ago by T. Carballas and has focused its research on: a) organic matter, paying special attention to microbial biodiversity, responsible for the functioning and, consequently, , the quality of the soil and the provision of ecosystem services related to it, b) the impact of degradation processes and the implementation of soil conservation/recovery practices that promote the sustainable management of agricultural and forestry ecosystems in the new scenario of the climate change.

Group created in January 2017, following the merger of three groups of the Soil Biochemistry department (Soil Enzymology, Soil Microbiology and Nutrient cycling in the soil-plant system). The team's research focuses on the study of the soil-plant-microorganism system and its contribution to ecosystem services. More specifically, the group is currently focusing its research on: 1. Development and testing of the effects on soil of environmentally friendly flame retardants to be used in forest fires.

Genetics and ecology of pine resistence to insect herbivores and pathogens. Factors influencing phenotypic variation in resistance and tolerance traits. Implications for the sustainable management of forest health.

Dr. José Julio Ortega, Senior researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1672-5199), is the head of the group, composed by Drs. R. Posada and J.L. García, and Alicia Fernandez (FPI Fellow). The group collaborates permanently with Drs. Magdalena Grifoll and Quim Vila (Univ. Barcelona) in the national projects, and, recently, with Dr. Carmen Fernandez, professor and researcher of the University Center of Defense at the General Air Academy of San Javier (Murcia).

We study and exploit genes involved in the regulation of longevity and tolerance to severe abiotic stress of seeds, seedlings, and plant vegetative tissues.

The MOSS group (IRNAS-CSIC) is an international reference in the study of organic matter in natural and anthropogenic systems.

The group is focused on environmental microbiology (water, soil and subsoil), particularly in biodiversity and microbial ecology in subterranean and built environments, the taxonomy of bacteria and fungi, the follow-up of microbial invasions in rock art caves, the description of new microorganisms and their role in the biogeochemical cycles, the search for bioactive compounds, the impact of microorganisms colonizing buildings (air and materials) on the health of visitors, and the deterioration of the built Cultural Heritage (threats diagnosis and conservation recommendations).

Desertification and land degradation as a particular case of Global Change in drylands: geoecological processes (biogeochemical cycles, soils, atmosphere, vegetation, water and erosion) in ecosystems and their interaction with socio-economic factors, as well as diagnostics and restoration measures of desertified and degraded areas.

Our research activities focus on the study of elementary particle interactions and their implications in particle physics and cosmology. The main goal is to achieve a deeper understanding of the origin of mass and the structure of flavour of the elementary particles, which might have fundamental implications for cosmology, as regards the nature of dark matter and dark energy.